Strategic Partners

Strategic Partners

The Transform North Somerset partnership is seeking your input as we transition towards a sustainable long-term partnership of infrastructure organisations for the VCSE sector.

What do you – as our strategic partners – want infrastructure organisations in NS to look like?

Our Partners

Our Partners

What Infrastructure organisations do:

• Provide support and development to Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations/groups (e.g. governance; fundraising; project management; Business planning; volunteering good practice; campaigning etc).

• Provide strategic voice for VCSE organisations/groups.

Examples of our achievements:• NSEA – brought in £3.1 million of outside

investment in the last 3 years; helped 2500 start-up companies = job creation

• VANS - brought in external funding of over £3.5million over 8 years. Research in 2007-8 = £1,188,444 external funding in one year.

• Faithnet South West – set up 6 local authority area wide Faith Forums in the last 5 years

A short history

• August 2011 – First Partners meeting held • October 2011 – Grant application submitted

to Transforming Local Infrastructure (TLI)• January 2012 – Notification of success

received• April 2012 – partnership began • July 2012 – Programme manager in post • September 30th 2013 - end date

Partnership vision

To work together to transform Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations (VCSE) support services & opportunities across North Somerset for all communities

Aim of the project

To create a coherent & efficient network of local infrastructure provision, and to improve the relevance, quality and accessibility of services to VCSE groups

Outcomes

1. Radically improved access for local VCSE groups – one stop shop, ICT infrastructure, single telephone line,e-portal

2. Fundamentally change the scope of volunteering – the Volunteer Pathway

3. Brokering new opportunities for social enterprise and business modelling options

4. A sustainable partnership long-term

Benefits of the Transform NS

partnershipFor the VCSE sector:• Single point of access; • Better customer record

management systems; • Improved

communications; • No potential for

duplication of services; • Clear accessible

programme of activity; • Broad range of skills and

expertise.

.

For the commissioner:• One partnership bidding

for commissions;• One partnership making

VCSE organisations commission-ready;

• A range of generalist and specialist skills and expertise to capacity-build VCSE organisations.

What would you like Transform North Somerset to be?

Services to be

commissioned agreed

Service is delivered

Needs assessment

Providers bid for

commissions

Influence

Broker partnerships

Bid effectively

Enable providers to deliver services

effectively

Any Questions